Lesson One: Understanding e-Com

Ecommerce means selling products online through a website. You don’t need a physical store. You create a website, list products, and customers buy directly from you. Most beginners start by selling popular products sourced from China or Asia at a higher price. You keep the difference as profit.

Dropshipping means: You don’t hold inventory You don’t ship products yourself Here’s the flow: Customer buys from your website You order the product from a supplier The supplier ships directly to your customer You never touch the product. You focus on: marketing sales customer experience The supplier handles fulfillment.

Your job is NOT manufacturing. Your job is: finding winning products building a simple store driving traffic collecting payments fulfilling orders online

The Business Model You buy low. You sell higher. You pay for ads (unless organic traffic, not recommended). You keep what’s left. Example: Product cost: $8 You sell for: $29 Ads cost: ~$10 Your profit: $29 − $8 − $10 = $11 That’s your margin. If ads cost more than your profit — you don’t run that product. If ads are cheaper than your profit — you scale. Your job is to make sure selling price is higher than both.